1866 Shanghai SG:28, Chan:LS28 Large Dragon 1ca printing #52 with modern numeral "1" used with a virtually complete LOCAL POST OFFICE N...
Lot nr.：660
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Category: LOCAL POSTS
Catalogue number: SG:28, Chan:LS28
1866 Shanghai SG:28, Chan:LS28 Large Dragon 1ca printing #52 with modern numeral "1" used with a virtually complete LOCAL POST OFFICE NINGPO small garter cancellation in red, small margins as normal. A new discovery and extremely rare, probably unique.According to Dr. Wei - Liang Chow "Only about twenty copies of the Shanghai Local Post Large Dragon stamps bearing the Ningpo postmark of this type, all of them except three are the 1ca stamps Printing #48, the three exceptions are the 1ca stamp of Printing #22, the 6ca stamp of Printing #36 and the 3ca stamp of Printing #50". This means that 1ca stamp Printing #52 with this Ningpo cancellation has never previously been recorded. Ref. Treaty Ports of China Sotheby´s Hong Kong November 7, 1996.Mail bids accepted:
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